The Moral Class Book, Or The Law of Morals: Derived from the Created Universe, and from Revealed Religion. Intended for Schools ...Carter, Hendee, and Company, 1833 - 352 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα viii
... habit , and who think all men mortal , but themselves . Suppose that any one should see , that such is the condition of the human race , and should task himself with the labor of inquiring into this mystery of human life ; resolving to ...
... habit , and who think all men mortal , but themselves . Suppose that any one should see , that such is the condition of the human race , and should task himself with the labor of inquiring into this mystery of human life ; resolving to ...
Σελίδα 10
... habits . Then the ifs , or chances , are to be taken into view , and among them , these ; if his health continue , if his willing- ness to be instructed continue , if he make a good use of his time , if he fall into no temptation from ...
... habits . Then the ifs , or chances , are to be taken into view , and among them , these ; if his health continue , if his willing- ness to be instructed continue , if he make a good use of his time , if he fall into no temptation from ...
Σελίδα 48
... habit , and from craving desire , will occasion a slow , though as certain death , involving the gradual destruction of the in- tellectual power , the moral sense , and of all that distinguishes men from brutes . This criminal in ...
... habit , and from craving desire , will occasion a slow , though as certain death , involving the gradual destruction of the in- tellectual power , the moral sense , and of all that distinguishes men from brutes . This criminal in ...
Σελίδα 58
... habits , according to the accidental cir- cumstances , in which they are placed . Children brought up in a city , those ... habit in every person , whatever his vocations in life may be . Another proposition which is self - evident is ...
... habits , according to the accidental cir- cumstances , in which they are placed . Children brought up in a city , those ... habit in every person , whatever his vocations in life may be . Another proposition which is self - evident is ...
Σελίδα 60
... habit of the eye , and on the habit of the mind in receiving , and using , that report . 101. Let us suppose that a military chief , a hus- bandman , a mathematician , the captain of a ship of war , and a physician , are examining ...
... habit of the eye , and on the habit of the mind in receiving , and using , that report . 101. Let us suppose that a military chief , a hus- bandman , a mathematician , the captain of a ship of war , and a physician , are examining ...
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Σελίδα 334 - And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Σελίδα 62 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds : pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Σελίδα 300 - I wish POPULARITY, but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means.
Σελίδα 219 - One great advantage of the Christian religion is that it brings the great principle of the law of nature and nations — Love your neighbor as yourself, and do to others as you would that others should do to you, — to the knowledge, belief, and veneration of the whole people.
Σελίδα 300 - I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong, upon this occasion; to gain the huzzas of thousands, or the daily praise of all the papers which come from the press: I will not avoid doing what I think is right; though it should draw on me the whole artillery of libels; all that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity of a deluded populace can swallow. I can say, with a great magistrate, upon an occasion and under circumstances not unlike, "Ego hoc animo semper fui, ut invidiam...
Σελίδα 66 - IF two triangles have two angles of the one equal \ to two angles of the other, each to each, and one ) side equal to one side, viz. either...
Σελίδα 84 - This celebrated question, therefore, becomes in our system a question of pure curiosity; and as such, we dismiss it to the determination of those who are more inquisitive, than we are concerned to be, about the natural history and constitution of the human species.
Σελίδα 105 - ... 2. Suetonius, in his life of Vespasian, says, " There had been for a long time all over the East, a notion firmly believed that at that time some which came out of Judaea should obtain the empire of the world.
Σελίδα 300 - ... occasion; to gain the huzzas of thousands, or the daily praise of all the papers which come from the press: I will not avoid doing what I think is right; though it should draw on me the whole artillery of libels; all that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity of a deluded populace can swallow. I can say, with a great magistrate, upon an occasion and under circumstances not unlike, "Ego hoc animo semper fui, ut invidiam virtute partam, gloriam, non invidiam, putarem."* The threats...
Σελίδα 105 - But that which principally encouraged them to the war," says he, " was an ambiguous oracle, found also in our sacred writings, that about that time some one from Judea should obtain the' empire of the world. This they understood to belong to themselves, and many of their wise men were mistaken in their judgment ; for this oracle referred to the government of Vespasian, who was proclaimed emperor in Judea."* This, you observe, is the explanation of Josephus, in compliment to his imperial master. The...